Jessie Oonark Wall Hanging

Jessie oonark is known for her drawings and wall hangings and her decorative hieratic brilliantly coloured images come from a lifetime of cutting caribou skins and sewing them into clothing.

Jessie oonark wall hanging.

View artwork biography and auction results for jessie oonark. A retrospective wag 1986 p. 1973 commissioned to make a wall hanging for the lobby of the national art centre ottawa. Art gallery of ontario the people within 1976 exh.

She created a unique personal vision by combining traditional inuit images featuring the shaman s flight with hunting scenes and symbols from her. Illustrated i breathed a new song an anthology of inuit poetry edited by richard lewis. As we allow our eyes to skip back and forth across this beautiful wall hanging we realize that it is defined as much by its quirks as it is by its symmetry. Jessie oonark is known for her drawings and wall hangings and her decorative hieratic brilliantly coloured images come from a lifetime of cutting caribou skins and sewing them into clothing.

2 march 1906 7 march 1985 was a prolific and influential canadian inuit artist of the utkuhihalingmiut utkuhiksalingmiut whose wall hangings prints and drawings are in major collections including the national gallery of canada she was born in 1906 in the chantrey inlet tariunnuaq area near the estuary of the back river in the keewatin. In jean blodgett and marie bouchard jessie oonark. 1973 a wall hanging made by oonark was presented to h r h. Queen elizabeth on behalf of the inuit of the northwest territories.

Arts of the inuit of baker lake the raven gallery minneapolis 1979. Jessie oonark o c r c a. Jessie oonark o c r c a 1906 1985 qamani tuaq baker lake untitled wall hanging 1974. Stroud felt and embroidery floss 10 5 x 72 in 26 7 x 182 9 cm signed ᐅᓇ.

Jessie oonark oc rca ᔨᐊᓯ ᐅᓈᖅ. 1972 illustrated i breathed a new song an anthology of inuit poetry edited by richard lewis. Commissioned to make a wall hanging for the lobby of the national art centre. Queen elizabeth on behalf of the inuit of the northwest territories.

Cat page 2note faye settler the. Queen elizabeth ii was presented with a wall hanging by oonark during her visit to the northwest territories during her canadian tour. A wall hanging made by oonark was presented to h r h.